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Read this book carefully.
It is intended to help you operate and maintain your new refrigerator properly.
Keep it handy for answers to your questions.
If you don’t understand something or need more help, write (include your phone number):
Consumer Affairs
Hotpoint
Appliance Park
Louisville, KY 40225
Write down the model and serial numbers.
You’ll see them on a label at the bottom, just inside the fresh food compartment door.
These numbers are also on the Consumer Product Ownership Registration Card that came with your refrigerator.
Before sending in this card, please write these numbers here:
Mdel Number
Serial Number
Use these numbers in any correspondence or service calls concerning your refrigerator.
If you received a damaged refrigerator, immediately contact the dealer (or builder) that sold you the refrigerator.
Save time and money.
Before you request service, check the Problem Solver on pages 20 through 22. It lists causes of minor operating problems that you can correct yourself.
Ene~y-saving tips
●Location of your refrigerator is important. Avoid locating it next to your range, a heating vent or where the sun will shine directly on it.
●Don’t open the doors more often than necessary.
●Close the doors as soon as possible, particularly in hot, humid weather.
●Be sure the doors are closed tightly. Before leaving the house or retiring for the night, check to be sure the doors haven’t been lefi open accidentally.
●Store only those foods requiring refrigeration in your refrigerator.
●Wipe moisture from bottles and cartons before putting them in the refrigerator.
●Keep foods covered to reduce moisture buildup inside the refrigerator.
●If you turn the controls to the coldest position for quick chilling or freezing, be sure to turn them back to regular settings.
●Don’t overcrowd your refrigerator. Overcrowding can require extra electrical energy to keep everything cool.
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